The New Leader, December 1st, 1997
Max Beerbohm as drawn by himself was a round-headed youth bearing a striking resemblance to Peter Lorre. Beneath the brim of a gigantic, rakishly angled top hat one heavy-lidded eye is visible, its squiggle of dark lash in counter-point to a mouth expressive of all things jaded and frivolous. He wears an overcoat of elegant cut and great bulk, from the skirt of which two dancing pumps protrude, looking as if he were in the habit of wearing a pair of patent-leather mosquitoes on his feet. His tiny right hand holds a epee-thin cane. It was in this dandyish guise that Beerbohm burst upon the Lon...
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